Bills to pay - Transaction type for Buyer-created tax invoices (RCTI)
When purchasing product from clients we issue them with a hand-written Buyer Created Invoice on farm & then need to input this into Xero as a bill payment. But this doesn't show that it was a buyer created invoice. Please can this option be added

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Jerry Mozak commented
We want to generate self-bills (SB) and email them to our contacts.
We tried the steps described in the Xero Central article, but we can only email the Purchase Order. We want to email the SB and attachment of excel file with what is included in the SB. Unfortunately that is currently not possible in Xero. Can you please add this functionality to Xero? Thank you. -
Jerry Mozak commented
Generating in Xero self-bills and emailing them to the suppliers with attachments of supporting documents (xls files)
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Di Manoughian commented
This is definitely something I'd like to see Xero work on. It should be way more straight forward.
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Katrina Marschall commented
Could Xero please have an option for recipient created tax invoices (RCTI).
I have tried to follow the instructions to set this up, but it is not clear enough. We certainly pay enough each month, that you would think this could be an option. -
Freya Pieroz commented
Should also add that the delivery instructions section on the purchase order where Xero suggests we put the written agreement that has to go on every RCTI for them to be legal isn't big enough for the written agreement that the ATO has on their template. If I copy and paste the ATO template, it cuts off just over halfway in.
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Cathy Sterling commented
This is something done on a monthly basis and the process above is very cumbersome. Would be a great help to have a better process.
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Freya Pieroz commented
Recipient-Created Tax Invoices (RCTI) are a normal thing in some industries. Xero is not set up to create them; instead we have to do a workaround with purchase orders.
I'd like to not have to use the workaround.
The workaround consists of:
- creating RCTI branding themes
- creating a purchase order for each entity needing RCTIs
- edit that purchase order with the new details every time creation of an RCTI is needed (so in labour hire this can be every week for each contractor)
- send the purchase order to the entity needing the RCTI (editing the email to change instances of 'purchase order' to 'RCTI' every time)
- copy the purchase order to a bill, ensuring you untick the option to say that the purchase order is fully expended
- authorise the bill
- pay the billThe process for RCTIs should look like:
- create an RCTI
- authorise the RCTI
- send it to the entity needing it
- pay the RCTI -
Freya Pieroz commented
The lack of RCTI functionality is kinda weird.
Here's the Australian legislative instrument defining how the ATO currently wants Australians to take into account when creating them: https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/view.htm?docid=%22ops%2Fli202320%2F00001%22
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Kelly Downs commented
Also support this feature being added.
Currently we have an RCTI template uploaded as a custom purchase order. We create this and send to the client (we are legally required to), before turning the purchase order in to a bill and scheduling for payment. Would be great to streamline this process. -
Gabriella Sabine commented
Would like to print a bill as a tax invoice as it contains a tax component and essential to our bussines. Tax office agrees as does my accountant.
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Gabriella Sabine commented
Would like to print a bill as a tax invoice as it contains a tax component and essential to our bussines. Tax office agrees as does my accountant.
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Wiebke Levien commented
It would be great if Xero had an option for recipient created tax invoices (RCTI). At the moment I have to create a separate document and then attach it to a bill created. the problem is that I can't send the bill back to the person that will receive the funds and it is really wonky, time consuming and not really the right way going about it either.
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Wiebke Levien commented
It would be great if Xero allowed the creation of RCTI (recipient created tax invoices).
I have multiple clients that require this function and it is a painful process to create these in other ways and then attach them to the payments made. -
Danielle Bayly commented
Buyer Created Invoices - Please create efficient functionality for creating buyer created tax invoices. The current functionality is clunky and doesn't allow the user to import a billing template for multiple customers (which makes no sense when we have to do this for invoices and bills).
Please reduce your focus on gimmicky, non-value added changes to existing screens (i.e. contacts which has regressed), and more on actual business/accounting functionality to enable us to do our jobs.
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Andries Husselman commented
In our business we make use of the bill feature to create a legal tax invoice on behalf of our suppliers and currently the Bills don't give me a legal tax invoice?
Can we get a Bill template created that give us a legal tax invoice made out on behalf of the Supplier for the Supplier? Its called selfbilling and is a feature that is critical to our business as the Supplier dont always know what to invoice and we do this on their behalf and this has been legally agreed with the tax authorities.
However currently the Bill template is not sufficient as a legal tax invoice from the supplier!